Photo ID: 112063 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG521 (West Sagers) Grand County, UT 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr knocks down a clear (green) signal at the west switch of Sagers. Note the new signal past on the opposite side of the Zephyr. The mast has been standing there for over two years now, but UP has not yet gotten around to adding signal heads or hooking the signal up. For now, the old Rio Grande signal continue to take charge of the control point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112062 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel to Floy Grand County, UT 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Along eastbound I-70, there is a very interesting Rest Area that looks over I-70 and the tracks. It makes for a great spot to get shots of eastbounds from an elevated perspective without the need for a drone. Here, the eastbound Zephyr is seen from that Rest Area. If you want to look for it, the Rest Area does not have an exit number, but it one exit west of exit 182. It is only accessible from eastbound I-70. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112061 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel to Floy Grand County, UT 21 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr passes through some of the dirt mounds that makes the Utah desert so interesting and, in my opinion, extremely beautiful. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112060 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific As this westbound UP oil train starts to pick up speed, it blurs by one of the Amtrak station signs for Green River under a cloudy, cool morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112059 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Amtrak's station stop in Green River was, like it usually is, extremely fast. There were no passengers to drop off and no passengers to pick off. The train came to a stop and the conductor immediately informed the engineer they could highball and continue east. As the Zephyr pulls away from the platform, a westbound UP oil train passes by on the main. Not the interesting number board on the conductors side of UP 8222, using a non-bold serif font. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112058 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak As the California Zephyr comes to a stop for its station stop in Green River, a westbound UP empty oil train starts pulling west on the main track. The train had been stopped short of the grade crossing in the distance, so as not to block it. With the Zephyr now here, the train has started to pull to continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112057 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 25 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr slowly pulls alongside the very nice platform at Green River. Alas, the former depot building itself, owned by UP, is locked up, fences off, and inaccessible to passengers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112056 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr is running about an hour late, partly due to some CTC issues between Helper and Green River. The train slowly approaches the very nice platform and its station stop at Green River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112055 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 23 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The former yard at Green River, small though it once was, has now been largely converted into a dirt maintenance of way and storage area for Union Pacific. A couple of oil Rio Grande signals and several other control boxes sit in the quite morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112054 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River to Sphinx Green River, UT 21 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Riding off into the sunset! A fantastic end to a fantastic day as this westbound coal load leaves Green River behind to continue on its journey west toward California. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112053 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG556 (West Green River) Green River, UT 21 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific With the Zephyr now past and the sun now hiding behind clouds to the west, it is this coal loads turn to head west. The two units on the head end "put their backs into it" as they throttle up to start the climb toward Helper and Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112051 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG556 (West Green River) Green River, UT 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak UP's DS-378 is doing a great job of keeping the Zephyr moving, running around a loaded coal train at Green River. With its station stop now complete, the Zephyr is re-entering the mainline to continue the charge west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112050 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 27 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak When the Rio Grande Zephyr was running, the stop at Green River, UT was considered a flag stop. Meaning the train would only stop if it was known in advance that there were passengers to drop off or to pick up. When Amtrak's California Zephyr took over for the Rio Grande Zephyr in April 1983, Green River became a regular stop for the Zephyr. That is still true today in 2025. The westbound Zephyr has just completed its stop at Green River, and is now passing a waiting coal train on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112049 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 28 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific In a sky that has had clouds building all day, a sucker hole opened up and provided some direct sunlight at the west end of Green River. This coal train is currently stopped, the crew looking at all red. The westbound Zephyr is going to overtake the train here. The depot at Green River is located on the siding, hence the necessity for the coal train to hold the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112048 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson Springs, UT 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr overtakes a load coal train that is sitting in the siding at Thompson. Fortunately, the coal train crew has only had to wait for about 15 minutes for the Zephyr to show up, and will receive signals to depart behind it and continue west. Note the house track, largely covered in weeds, just off the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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